an assumption that is taken for granted

[ Syn: given , precondition ]

(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; he despised them for their presumptuousness

[ Syn: presumptuousness , effrontery , assumption ]

a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; his presumption was intolerable'